They Say What They Say

Thing 1: I have an unexpected week off from work. I was supposed to have August 20-31 off, but due to [reasons] I had to cancel that leave so I told my boos I'd take this week off in compensation. I haven't had a whole week off work in nearly a year. It's been nice.

Thing 2: I am house and cat sitting for my friends Brian and Katherine and in my disorientated, caffeine-deprived stupor this morning I somehow thought that I could heat the electric kettle on the stove top. Fortunately I didn't set the kitchen on fire but it was close and Brian and Katherine now have a shiny new kettle.

Thing 3: I went to see Cabin in the Woods today and I really enjoyed it. I'm not normally a horror movie fan - they mostly bore me to tears - but I really enjoyed this one, especailly the sly Whedonesque humour the most delicious plot twist I've seen in a long time.

Thing 4: Since I've decided that Jeremy Renner is now my new pretend boyfriend, I am, of course, obliged to work my way through his entire filmic oeuvre. I'm not sure I can handle watching SWAT again, especially since I know how it ends for him and, well, weeJosh, but I've recently viewed Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and rather enjoyed it, this morning I watched his episode of Angel and I have The Hurt Locker waiting for me to collect from the student union library. I suspect I'm going to have to track down his more obscure offerings on amazon, but so far my fannish exploration has been rather enjoyable for once and not full of the sort of cringe-worthy duds one watched simply because one's current object of affection was in need of a pay cheque.

Thing 5: The cat is sitting on top of the TV (it's one of those old fashioned box things). It's rather adorable!